It is so easy to make monies out of desperate people where you need medical attention or miracle cure. Funeral service easily can take advantage of relatives of deceased. And those who grab to drive for fund also have no choice but to ride on the cow while looking for horse to mount for solid footing.
The problem is many would get stuck with flexible hours of working and do not account of the cost to maintain the cars apart from petrol. I know of taxi drivers that would struggle for decades when it comes to purchase new cars where the vicious cycle would start all over again and again.
Thank God I am lucky to drive for fun and to raise fund. however, I stopped using my HRV after driving it for a year as Uberman. It is because the cost to maintain comes to over 35 thousand ringgit to replace absorbers , suspensions, gear box and alternators where it clocked more than 150000!!! Luckily, it still covered under warranty with the helpful manager. But if I dispose the car, it would cost peanuts with that kind of mileage though it is at sparkling performance with the new replacement parts. And the manager said that's it with the warranty
Now driving around with Exora NGV model. Saves fuel but soon the costing to maintain it. In fact, now got to send for air cond compressor repairs and suspension problems too.
Fortunately, it only cost half the price as I bought it second hand from ex taxi driver friend who gave it up because he kenot cari makan with that kind of stress to grab riders from the apps or street.